Trousers.



W. C. PIXLEY.

TROUSERS.

AEPLlCAT-IQM man APR. 26, 1916.

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'WILLIAM' C. PIXLEY, OF FRANKLINVILLE; NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TQ WKLLIAM H. ADAMS, 0F FBANKLINVILLE, NEW YORK.

TROUSERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26,1316.

Application filed Apri126, 1916. Serial No. 93,723.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat 1, WILLIAM C. PIXLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Franklinville, in the county of Cattaraugus and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trousers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to garments, and particularly to trousers.

One object of the invention is the provision of a pair loops made integral with the material trouser legs so that they will not tear is the case where the are made of separate pieces sewed or otherwise attached to the material of the trousers.

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A further object of the invention is provision of a pair of trousers having beltietaining loops, .and the provision of pool;- ets, the openings of which are formed 111 the loops. so that the belt when in place forms a protection to the pocket.

Still another object of this i the provision of a secret pocket so formed that the belt holds the pocket closed and prevents access thereto, there being means preferably used in connection with thls secret pocket to additionally hold it closed.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description. I

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pair of trousers constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the top portion of the trousers looking from the rear; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view, of the upper portion of the trousers showing the manner in which the beltretaining loops are formed; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective-.viewof 'a portion of the trousers,tl 1e belt-retaining loop;and a pocket formed in conjunction therewith;

Fig. ,5 is a like view to Fig. 4: but showing the secret pocket, the wall of the pocket being cut sectional view on the line 6.6 of Fig. 2; Fig. 7 is av sectional view on the line 7- 7 of.Fig.2. v 7 Referring to the drawings, It will be seen that I have illustrated a pair of trousers, the material of the legs and bodybeing of trousers with belt-retaining belt-retaining loops,

nvention is away and opened out; Fig. 6 is a.

designated 10,'and'1n which the belt-retainformed as illustrated in Fig. 3, integral with the body 10. The material at the upper portion of the body is so cut as to provide a series of tabs spaced from each other by spaces 12 and stitched to the body 10 is a strip of cloth 13 which forms a-waistband and extends behind the tabs which are to form the belt-retaining loops 11 and which is stitched to the body of the trousers on the line 14, as shown most clearly in Fig. 3. v

'The upper ends of the tabs forming the belt-retaining loops 11 are over-turned upon thestrips 13 and stitched thereto as at 15, it belng of course understood that the strip 13 ing loops 11 are is likewise overturned or hemmed along its upper edge as at 16. The tabs 11 are intended to be lined and the edges of the tabs stitchedas at 17, and these tabs, as illustrated best in Fig. 2, form relatively wide belt-receiving loops. Preferably the fly of the trousers is also provided with a relatively narrow belt-receiving loop 18 so that the front of the trousers is prevented from sagging below the belt.

' While the garment may be provided with the usual side pockets, I have illustrated two pockets, one of which is a secret pocket. The. other pocket which is illustrated in Fig. 4 and designated19, is formed with a pocket opening 20 which in turn is formed in the face of the belt-retaining loop 11. This pocket 19 is particularly designed as a fob pocket to carry a watch, and the weight of the watch ordinarily drags the fob pocket down but with my construction it will be seen that the pocket is supported by the belt and that the trousers will not be drawn down below the belt at the to the withdrawal of the Watch so as to render this pocket safer than it otherwise would "be.

In Fig. 5 I show what I term a secret pocket. This pocket 22 opens into the space between the belt-retaining loop 11 and the strip 13, and in this case the upper edge of the loop 11 is not turned over as heretofore described upon the strip 13 but is simply turned over and hemmed. Thus the opening of the pocket is defined by the strip 13 and by the upper edge of the retaining loop '11, and inasmuch as the belt 21 passes fob pocket. Fur-. thermore, the belt forms a slight obstruction through the retaining loop it intersects the opening of the pocket so as to prevent access thereto unless the belt" is removed. Inasmuch as the belt does intersect the pocket it is. obvious that the pocket will not be observable and that even if it is known that there is a pocket at this point it will be practically impossible to abstract anything from it without removing the belt. As a further j means of precaution, however, provide the rear and front walls of the pocket 22 with a stud and pocket fastener, designated generally 23, the two members of this fastener beingdisposed just below the belt so as to hold the pocket normally closed. It is, therefore, necessary in this pocket to disengage the belt and disengage these fastening elements. The pocket is thus rendered not only non-observable but practically impossible to open without the removal of the belt, thus preventing-accidental discharge of articles carried in the pocket and also preventing picking of the pocket. It will be seen also that the weight of the contents of the pocket will be borne by the belt and that thus the material of the trousers will not sag down below the belt in the vicinity of the pocket as is ordinarily the case;

. It will also be understood in the views that the details of lining, facing, hemming, etc.,. have beenomitted or only indicated inasmuch as these would be obvious to any tailor; The trousers constructed in accordance with my invention are particularly I preferably good because the retaining loops will not the stitches tear out as is the retaining loops are attached to the trousers and not a part of the material thereof. Furthermore, the trousers will not pull down below the strap either at the fly or at the pockets. The advantages of tear through or case where the order to open band of the trousers to form the particular already stated.

Having described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A pair of trousers having the upper end of its body formed with a. plurality of tabs integral with the body of the trousers and extending above the upper edge of the trousers, a strip of fabric extending behind the tabs and behind the openings between the tabs and suitably stitched to the ends of the tabs and to the body the side edges of the tabs being free from engagement with the strip whereby to provide a plurality ofbelt-retaining loops in tegral with the body of the trousers. I

2. In a pair of trousers, a belt-retaining loop, the upper edge of the loop being spaced intermediate its ends from the waista pocket opening at the upper edge of the trousers, and a pocket having its upper end opening into the space between and the waist-band.

3. In a pair of trousers, 'a belt-retaining loop, the u per corners of the loop being attached, to the waist-band of the trousers, the middle of the loop being free from engagement with the trousers, and a pocket having its upper end opening into the space between the belt-retaining loop and the waist form of pocket have been band, the outer and inner walls of the pocket being provided with coacting fastening the belt-retaining loop of the trousers,

members disposed just below the belt-retaining loop.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM PIXLEY.

Witnesses:

W. H. ADANN, A. M. FARNELL. 

